Lexicographical Neighbors of Scratted
Literary usage of Scratted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... an I scratted my shins sadly wi' ling collins, ... an hed liked to hev scratted
taa ee' out. Giles. ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"... an hev gotten a nist bit together, I'll awn that. SCR AT ALONG, v. — To progress
under unfavourable circumstances. I've scratted ..."
3. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"... thoo can deea for 'em: bud, ma'am, ah is sorry aboot t' pigs ! he scratted
an' scratted ti git 'em up, an' they wer wo'th two pund a-piece, ..."
4. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"... thoo can deea for 'em: bud, ma'am, ah is sorry aboot t' pigs ! he scratted
an' scratted ti git 'em up, an' they wer wo'th two pund a-piece, ..."
5. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"To labour with hard endeavour *' to get scratted on in the world," or to obtain
... The a' do, I believe, = at do, and Heart is another form of scratted. ..."
6. A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire and Some of the by George Cornewall Lewis (1839)
"... an I scratted my shins sadly wi' ling collins, ... an hed liked to hev scratted
taa ee' out. Giles. ..."
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